I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.

I don’t envision a long life for myself. Like, I think my life will run out before my work does, y’know? I’ve designed it that way.

There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah.

I'd like to write some songs that are so good that nobody understands them. Not even myself.

I don't know why I write really depressing songs. I'm a kind of melancholy guy, I suppose. But I figure I'm about normal.

There are only two kinds of songs; there's the blues, and there's zip-a-dee-doo-dah.

All of a sudden there's a song - there in your hotel room playing your guitar - and you write it, and two or three years later it will come true. It keeps you on your toes.